2013 TEX-FAB Finalists Announced

This week, TEX-FAB *Digital Fabrication Alliance, a nonprofit connecting design professionals, academics, and manufacturers interested in using digital technology to explore new industry relationships, announced the finalists of its 2013 competition, “SKIN.” Four proposals were selected to move on to the next round. The eventual winner will be built at full scale through TEX-FAB's fabrication partnership with ZAHNER. The winning design will then be exhibited at the next TEX-FAB conference.

The jury for this year's competition consisted of Phil Anzalone of Atelier Achitecture 64, Maria Mingallon of Arup, Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP, Randy Stratman of ZAHNER, and Skylar Tibbits of SJET. The following four finalists and four honorable mentions were selected out of a total of 68 entries from across the globe representing 14 countries on 5 continents. See proposals for each in the gallery above/resources section below:

Finalists will be supported with a $1000 stipend to develop a prototype of their system, to test feasibility and technique. The prototypes will be exhibited at the ACADIA Adaptive Architecture Conference at the University of Waterloo this October. At that time, the jury will select a winner, which will be built in full scale through TEX-FAB's fabrication parternship with ZAHNER. The winning design will be exhibited at the TEX-FAB 5 conference, to be held in Austin in February 2014.